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Forecasting pipe fracturesBoston MA (SPX) Aug 19, 2011 A computer model that tests automobile components for crashworthiness could also be of use to the oil and gas industry, according to researchers at MIT's Impact and Crashworthiness Laboratory, who are now using their simulations of material deformation in car crashes to predict how pipes may fracture in offshore drilling accidents. As a case study, the team simulated the forces involved in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, finding that their model accurately predicted the ... read more |
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  Boeing Working with Leading Russian Airports to Increase Capacity Boeing announced at the Moscow Air Show that it has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate toward increasing the efficiency and capacity of leading Russian airports. Boeing will ... more | .. |
  HP exploring PC spinoff, buying software company Hewlett-Packard, the world's top personal computer maker, announced Thursday it is exploring a spinoff of its PC unit in a historic shift away from the consumer market. ... more | .. |
 Venezuela plans to take over gold mines Venezuela is planning to take over the gold mining industry in the country as part of a wave of nationalizations and will also move the country's gold reserves from foreign banks. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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  China's plans to shield Mideast oil routes China's first aircraft carrier just completed sea trials, a pointer toward Beijing's growing naval power that's making waves in the Far East that are rippling through the Middle East. ... more | .. |
 Vietnam to impose 'green' tax Vietnam will impose an environment protection tax next year on products classified as hazardous to the environment. ... more | .. |
  Aussie army targets soldier solar power The Australian army wants its soldiers to be equipped with portable solar panels within five years under a research deal with the Australian National University. ... more | .. |
  World economy needs US-China cooperation: Biden US Vice President Joe Biden, starting a visit to China under a cloud of criticism over the US debt crisis, told his hosts Thursday that the two nations held the key to global economic stability. ... more |
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MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
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 S.Africa extends freeze on shale gas drilling South Africa's mining minister on Thursday said no decision will be made on controversial shale gas prospecting until next year with an existing moratorium extended by six months. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan firms plan $4.5 bn China project despite ban A group of Taiwan firms have signed a contract to set up a $4.5-billion refinery complex in China, defying a ban against such projects imposed by the island's government, officials and media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Philippine leader to visit China amid row Philippine President Benigno Aquino will visit China this month in an effort to deepen trade ties despite an increasingly bitter row over rival claims to the South China Sea, officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  IBM unveils computer chips that mimic human brain US computer giant IBM announced on Thursday that it has developed prototypes of computer chips that mimic the way the human brain works. ... more |
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 Better, Faster, Cheaper: Doing Business with the Sun The change in energy policy has been decided; Germany needs more green energy. From September 5-9 in Hamburg, everything will revolve around our biggest energy supplier: the sun. At the European Pho ... more | .. |
 Researchers use tiny gold particles to boost organic solar cell efficiency In the world of solar energy, organic photovoltaic solar cells have a wide range of potential applications, but they are still considered an upstart. While these carbon-based cells, which use organi ... more | .. |
 Tecta America Completes Re-Roofing of Indiana Federal Building Tecta America's Blackmore and Buckner branch, located in Indianapolis, and F. J. A. Christiansen, located in Milwaukee, recently completed a 282,000 square-foot re-roofing of the Major General Emmet ... more | .. |
 Anderson Power Products Introduces: Solar SPEC Pak Anderson Power Products (APP), a leader in high power interconnect solutions, is proud to announce the expansion of their SPEC Pak family of products to include Solar SPEC Pak with power handling ca ... more |
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China Focus: Chinese scientist details first planned Mars sample-return mission Tianwen 3
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 Design win for 1MW solar power tower in India SunBorne selects Titan Tracker heliostat design for 1MW pilot solar power tower system in India. SunBorne Energy is developing a 1MW solar power tower system. This R and D project is jointly funded ... more | .. |
 Taking inspiration from spilled milk Two Lehigh physicists have developed an imaging technique that makes it possible to directly observe light-emitting excitons as they diffuse in a new material that is being explored for its extraord ... more | .. |
  Single, key gene discovery could streamline production of biofuels A team of researchers at the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) have pinpointed the exact, single gene that controls ethanol production capacity in a microorganism. This discover ... more | .. |
 First quantitative measure of radiation leaked from Fukushima reactor Atmospheric chemists at the University of California, San Diego, report the first quantitative measurement of the amount of radiation leaked from the damaged nuclear reactor in Fukushima, Japan, fol ... more |
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 Strain and spin may enable ultra-low-energy computing By combining two frontier technologies, spintronics and straintronics, a team of researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University has devised perhaps the world's most miserly integrated circuit. ... more | .. |
 ORNL microscopy generates new view of fuel cells A novel microscopy method at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is helping scientists probe the reactions that limit widespread deployment of fuel cell technologies. ORNL ... more | .. |
  Australian Cabinet to vote on carbon tax Australia will introduce a carbon price in Parliament next month and it is expected to become a law by the end of the year, the federal government said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Chile goes ahead with coal mine project Chile is proceeding with a controversial coal mine complex in scenic Patagonia in the south despite accusations of President Sebastian Pinera's vested interests and an opposition campaign carried to Facebook and beyond. ... more |
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Airbus CO3D satellites begin mission to generate high precision global 3D map
BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
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 Coffee stain helps smarter inks Ever noticed that if you spill coffee onto a table and let it dry, the colour will be concentrated at the edges of the stain? ... more | .. |
Israel-Lebanon gas rivalry heats up The U.S. company that found Israel's rich offshore natural gas fields is pushing to build a $5 billion liquefied natural gas export plant there or on nearby Cyprus to develop its "significant eastern Mediterranean gas resources." ... more | .. |
  Chinese turbine maker enters Irish project Chinese wind turbine maker XEMC Group has forged a strategic partnership with Irish renewables firm Gaelectric Holdings, the companies announced this week. ... more | .. |
 Energy storage reduces solar shelf life Storing power is complicated and expensive, but very often, especially far away from the regular power grids, there is no way around large batteries for grid-independent electricity consumers. It wo ... more |
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Nigeria sets up body to review UN oil pollution findings Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday created a special body to review UN findings on extensive oil pollution in the Ogoniland region and propose remedies, a statement said. ... more | .. |
 China lawyer sues oil giants over spill: report A Chinese lawyer is suing a state-owned energy giant and its US partner over a huge oil spill off China's northeast coast, amid public anger over the resulting pollution, state media said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 US credit crisis shocks Chinese consumers Spurred on by state media which have let rip at the "debt-riddled" United States, the Chinese have listened with wide-eyed amazement to tales of American people living well beyond their means. ... more | .. |
China hails Hong Kong's 'irreplaceable role' in growth Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday Hong Kong plays an "irreplaceable role" in China's rapid economic growth and will be key to making the yuan an international currency. ... more |
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